Stove or range



Aug. 15, 1933. F. J. FREELAND STOVE OR RANGE Filed Oct. 26, 1951INVENTOR Fran/r JF/ea/and BY ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 15, 1933 STOVE RRANGE Frank'J. Freeland, Dowagiac, Mich., assignor to Round Oak FurnaceMich.

Company, Dowagiac,

Application October 26, 1931. Serial No. 571,054

8 Claims.

obviating the accidental opening of the burner control valves.

Objects relating to details and economies of my invention will appearfrom the description to follow. The invention is defined and pointed outin the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1' is a fragmentary perspective view of a gas stove or range,embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view partially in vertical sectiontaken .on line 2--2 of Fig. '1, and

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. '2, showing the control box coverclosed and the control" rods in their valve closing or shut-offposition.

Referring to the drawing, numeral 1 indicates a cooking stove or rangeconstructed in accordance with my invention, which comprises a burnerbox or chamber 2 having a front wall 3 provided with an inwardly offsetperforated portion 4 constituting a control box 5. The burners 6 aredisposed within the burner chamber 2 and are carried by burner supports'7 which depend from the top frame 8.

Gas or other fuel is supplied to the burners through the supply pipe 9which terminates in the manifold 10. The manifold 10 is mounted on thesupport 11 which is in turn secured to the front wall 3 at 12. Valves 13are disposed between the manifold 10- and the burners 6 for regulatingthe flow of fuel therefrom to the burners. -The valves 13 are providedwith levers 14 which are actuated by control rods 15 connected theretoand extending through spaced openings 16 provid-.

ed in the offset portion 4 of the front wall 3.

The control rods 15 extend into the control box 5.

and are provided with finger pieces or knobs 22 for facilitating theirpush-pull operation and for limiting their inward movement by engagementwith the offset portion 4 of the front wall 3. Referring to Fig. 2, thelower control rod 15 is shown completely closed or in shut-ofi position,while the upper control rod 15 is shown in its open position.

The control box 5 is provided with a disappearing cover 17 which isprovided with a finger piece 69 18 and a pivot lug 19. The lug 19 ishinged 01' pivoted to the angular hinge member 20 which is in turnpivoted to the rearwardly extending lug 21 provided on the back of theoifset portion 4. The arrangement is such that the cover 17 may 5 beopened so as to expose the finger pieces of the control rods 15 bylifting and sliding inwardly as indicated by Fig. 2 so that the coverrests oh the top of the offset portion 4, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Inthis position of the cover 17, the control box 5 is open for operationand the control rods 15 may be moved so as to operate valves 13 toany'desired position. a

When it is desired to close the cover 17, however, it'is essential thatthe control rods 15 be in their valve closing position. This may beaccomplished by manually pushing the control rods 15 inwardly to theirextreme inward position against the oifset portion 4 of the front wall3. When the cover 1'7 is pulled outwardly and swung inwardly to closedposition, it insures the closing of the control rods 15. The latterposition is clearly illustrated by Fig.3. In this position, the controlrods are covered by the cover 17, and furthermore, accidental opening ofthe valves 13 is positively prevented by the cover 17.

1 The construction is such that a partial closing of the valves and apartial closing of the door cause the control rods to project into thepath of the door and hold it partially open to admit an W ample supplyof air to the burners through the perforated wall 4. The door serves asa signal to indicate whether or not the valves are fully closed inasmuchas the door cannot be fully closed without the valves being fullyclosed.

From the above description it will be apparent to those skilled in theart that not only is the appearance and operation of the range improvedbut a signal is provided for indicating that the range is still inoperation, if such be the case. All

of the valves must be completely shut off before the cover will closeproperly.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in thedetails of construction and design of the above specifically describedembodiments of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof,such changes and modiflcations being restricted only by the scope of thefollowing claims. Having thus described my invention, what I no claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a burnerchamber having an inwardly ofiset wall constituting a control box, a

manifold support carried by said Wall, a manifold mounted on saidsupport, a supply pipe connected to said manifold, a valve disposedbetween said supply pipe and said manifold, a lever associated withsaid-valve, a control rod connected to said lever and extending intosaid control box, a cover for said control box, and an angular hingemember hinged to said cover and said wall, whereby said cover may beopened by lifting and sliding it inwardly on the top of said wall, itbeing necessary that said control rod be in a position to close saidvalve in order to permit the closing of said cover.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a burnerchamber having an inwardly ofiset wall constituting a control box, amanifold, a supply pipe connected to said manifold, a valve disposedbetween said supply pipe and said manifold, a lever associated with saidvalve, a control n rod connected to said lever and extending into saidcontrol box, a cover for said control box, and an angular hinge memberhinged to said cover and said wall, whereby said cover may be opened bylifting and sliding it inwardly on the top of said wall, it beingnecessary that said control rod be in a position to close said valve inorder to permit the closing of said cover.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a burnerchamber, a burner dis- .posed Within said chamber, a burner valve, a

control lever for said valve, said burner chamber having a recessed wallconstituting a control box, a valve control rod connected to saidcontrol lever and extending through said recessed wall into said controlbox, a finger piece mounted on the end of said control rod and engagingsaid wall when the rod is in valve closing position, a cover for saidcontrol box, and an angular hinge member hinged to the inside of saidwall and to said cover, whereby said cover may be opened and held inopen position resting on the top of said wall.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a burnerchamber, a burner disvposed within said chamber, a burner valve. acontrol lever for said valve, said burner chamber weasel having arecessed wall constituting a control box, a valve control rod connectedto said control lever and extending through said recessed wall into saidcontrol box, a cover for said control box, and an angular hinge memberhinged to the inside of said wall and to said cover, whereby said covermay be opened and held in open position resting on the top of said wall.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a burnerchamber having a re cessed wall constituting a control box, a burnercontrol rod extending through said wall, and a cover for said controlbox hinged to said wali in such manner that said control rod must be inclosed position before said cover can be com pletely closed.

6. In a device of the class described, the com bination with a burnerchamber comprising a wall having an inwardly offset portion forming acontrol box, a burner, a burner valve, a con trol rod forsaid valveextending into said control box, and a disappearing cover for saidcontrol box adapted to insure the moving of said. control rod tocompletely close said valve when said cover is moved to closed position.

7. In a device of the class described, the com-- bination with a burnerchamber comprising a Wall having an inwardly offset portion forming acontrol box, a burner, a burner valve, a control rod connected to saidvalve and extending into i said burner chamber, control valves for saidburners, control rods for said valves projecting into said control box,and a cover for said control box adapted to enclose said control rodswhen the cover is in closed position and to be held partially open bythe ends of said rods when the cover is partially closed and one or moreof the valves is partially open, whereby to admit ample supply of air tosaid burners through said recess wall perforations.

FRANK J. FREELAND.

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